Wednesday Feb 22 2006 09:37
Chesterfield's Hungarian defender Janos Kovacs will serve a one-match ban after the FA rejected the club's appeal against his red card against Southend.
Referee Darren Deadman deemed that Kovacs was guilty of a deliberate handball in the box, which resulted in him issuing a red card and awarding a penalty which Freddy Eastwood fired in to set the Shrimpers up for a thrilling 4-3 win.
However, the club felt the referee made a mistake and were confident the decision would be overturned once the FA had reviewed the evidence on offer.
Despite that the FA upheld the sending-off and Kovacs will now miss one game.
A club spokesman said: "The appeal has been rejected and the club are shocked and amazed.
"In a case of such compelling video and photographic evidence, the outcome questions the point of having appeals."
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